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having the black border extended to the hinder wings, that 

 of the upper pair being entire ; and, though similar in this 

 respect to the C. edusa, it is sufficiently distinguished by 

 its paler colour. Further particulars are unnecessary, from 

 the extreme rarity of the insect. 



LEPIDOPTERA. LYOENIDJE. 



LYC^lNA. 



Generic Distinctions.' See page 130, 



LYC^NA DISPAR. Large Copper. The male of this beau- 

 tiful insect is bright copper-colour above, with a black 

 margin round all the wings ; the base of the primary pair 

 is also blackish, on the disc are two small black spots, 

 and near the middle of the secondary wings is a curved 

 black streak. The female has the upper wings broadly mar- 

 gined with black, two or three black spots on the disc, and 

 a series of the same a little beyond the middle ; the hinder 

 wings are almost entirely black, except the nervures and 

 a broad band near the apex, which are copper-coloured. 

 Beneath, both sexes are similar ; the upper wings coppery, 

 with spots similar to those on the surface of the female, but 

 surrounded with a yellow ring; near the margin is another 



